This page
is research from an investigation by Brian Deer for the UK's
Channel 4 Television and The Sunday Times
of London into a campaign linking the MMR
children's vaccine with autism.
| Go to part I: The Lancet scandal | Go to
part II: The Wakefield
factor

Among
Brian Deer's findings was that Andrew Wakefield had filed patent claims for a vaccine and
a possible cure for autism, based on a
fringe theory of "transfer
factors". His collaborator and
"co-inventor" was Hugh
Fudenberg, who claimed in a 2004
interview with Brian Deer to cure
autistic children with his own bone
marrow. Here is Fudenberg's record with
the South Carolina board of medical
examiners. In November 1995, he was
banned indefinitely from prescribing - a
worrying picture for the Royal Free
medical school in London, which, before
hosting the launch of the anti-MMR
campaign in 1998, was waiting on
Fudenberg's "business plan"

Extraordinary
claims by Fudenberg to treat
autism were referenced in the 1998 Lancet paper which triggered
the MMR scare. He also acted as
"Medical Associate" to the UK
group Allergy-Induced Autism,
which planned to test transfer factor
pills on children

Professor
Fudenberg plainly suffers from
disability, and Brian Deer publishes this
information only because he believes the
public interest justifies the intrusion.
Hugh Fudenberg told Brian Deer in 2004
that he continues to treat autistic
children from his home in Spartanburg. He
also continues to be cited as an
authority in literature circulated by
anti-vaccine campaigners.

Writing
to this website in September 2005,
Fudenberg said he no longer treated
patients from his home, "but acted
only as a consultant by looking at
laboratory results and suggesting
additional funds necessary for
diagnosis". He said that checks were
made out to a nonprofit.